India, March 3 -- The Haryana government will set up a hydrogen manufacturing plant in Panipat with a target to produce 250 kilotonnes of green hydrogen per annum by 2030, Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini announced during his 2026-2027 budget speech in the assembly on Monday.

Saini said it would be the first hydrogen plant in the state. The government will develop a two-gigawatt electrolyser manufacturing capacity and produce related components by implementing the Haryana State Green Hydrogen Policy. "It will be the first ever hydrogen plant in the state that will get established in Panipat," he said.

To boost research in the power sector, Saini said the state will collaborate with the Central Power Research Institute to establi...